Middle & High School Geography Online for Homeschoolers

If you’re looking for a fun (and easy!) way to teach geography, SheppardSoftware.com is a site to bookmark. I was first introduced to the site when my eighth-grader was taking a geography class at our co-op about five years ago. It was very helpful in helping him remember the locations of the all the different countries. But at the time, I didn’t even consider using the site for my younger children.

But all of my kids are using it now. And I have been really impressed by how well they are all doing, especially my ten-year-old. As part of his regular schoolwork, I began assigning him some time on SheppardSoftware. He started with “World Geography”. We looked at the tutorial once, then he went on to Level 1. At this level, a continent or ocean is named, and the child simply clicks on the correct place. He can miss it a couple of times before the correct answer is given.

All I had to do was set up the website, and he got right to work. He played it a couple of times every day for about a week, and by then he had all the information down. We moved on to identifying all of the states in the United States. After just a couple of weeks of trying it once or twice a day, he now only misses one or two. Well, we couldn’t stop there! I’ve added Europe to his list, even though he’s still working on the United States. After just a week, he’s almost done with that one, too.

The games aren’t flashy, but they are definitely effective. My son has learned so much geography in such a short amount of time. The site offers a lot of other games as well. You’ll find math, science, English, and health games, too. But the geography games are still some of my favorites.